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What's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 38 points 2 months ago (6 children)

"Communism is when the government does stuff."

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I remember my first description of communism from a teacher in 5th grade.

    "The government can force you to work in any field they decide. If they need dentists, they might just force you go to dentists school for 4 years. If after that, they decide they need plumbers, they will send you to plumber school and you will be a plumber. You don't get to choose. If you don't like it, they will send you to Siberia, which is a bad place."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    In theory, they could have done something like that, but outside of wartime conscription, why would you?

    Plus, for basic practical reasons, a communist government is still broken into a million organisations, which operate and hire just like anywhere else.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah they don't teach this in social studies and any school in America.

    They actually teach what socialism is and what communism is. That's where I learned it.

    And why I know the difference between the two and what the definitions are both of these things.

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